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COW 37 mm gun

Index COW 37 mm gun

The COW 37 mm gun was a British automatic cannon that was developed as a heavy-calibre aircraft weapon. [1]

28 relations: Air Ministry, Airco DH.4, Armadillo armoured fighting vehicle, Armstrong Whitworth, Autocannon, Blackburn Iris, Blackburn Perth, Bristol Bagshot, Cammell Laird, Coventry Ordnance Works, Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Hawker Hurricane, Home Guard (United Kingdom), Ian V. Hogg, John Brown & Company, QF 1-pounder pom-pom, RAF Regiment, Short Cromarty, Short Sarafand, Short Sunderland, Siddeley-Deasy Sinaia, Vickers, Vickers S, Vickers Type 161, Vickers Valentia, Westland C.O.W. Gun Fighter, Westland Westbury, World War I.

Air Ministry

The Air Ministry was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force, that existed from 1918 to 1964.

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Airco DH.4

The Airco DH.4 was a British two-seat biplane day bomber of the First World War.

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Armadillo armoured fighting vehicle

The Armadillo was an extemporised armoured fighting vehicle produced in Britain during the invasion crisis of 1940-1941.

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Armstrong Whitworth

Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd was a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century.

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Autocannon

An autocannon or automatic cannon is a large, fully automatic, rapid-fire projectile weapon that fires armour-piercing or explosive shells, as opposed to the bullet fired by a machine gun.

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Blackburn Iris

The Blackburn Iris was a British three-engined biplane flying boat of the 1920s.

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Blackburn Perth

The Blackburn Perth was a British flying boat in service during the interwar period.

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Bristol Bagshot

The Bristol Bagshot, also known as the Type 95, was a prototype heavily armed British fighter built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company and first flown in 1927.

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Cammell Laird

Cammell Laird is a British shipbuilding company.

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Coventry Ordnance Works

Coventry Ordnance Works was a British manufacturer of heavy guns particularly naval artillery jointly owned by Cammell Laird & Co of Sheffield and Birkenhead, Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Govan, Glasgow and John Brown & Company of Clydebank and Sheffield.

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Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited was a Scottish shipbuilding company in the Govan area on the Clyde in Glasgow.

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Hawker Hurricane

The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–1940s that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd.

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Home Guard (United Kingdom)

The Home Guard (initially Local Defence Volunteers or LDV) was a defence organisation of the British Army during the Second World War.

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Ian V. Hogg

Ian Vernon Hogg (1926 – 7 March 2002) was a British author of books on firearms, artillery, ammunition, and fortification, as well as biographies of several famous general officers.

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John Brown & Company

John Brown and Company of Clydebank was a British marine engineering and shipbuilding firm.

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QF 1-pounder pom-pom

The QF 1 pounder, universally known as the pom-pom due to the sound of its discharge, was a 37 mm British autocannon, the first of its type in the world.

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RAF Regiment

The Royal Air Force Regiment (RAF Regiment) is part of the Royal Air Force and functions as a specialist corps founded by Royal Warrant in 1942.

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Short Cromarty

The Short N.3 Cromarty was a prototype British twin-engined biplane flying boat, designed towards the end of the First World War.

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Short Sarafand

The Short S.14 Sarafand was a British biplane flying boat built by Short Brothers.

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Short Sunderland

The Short S.25 Sunderland was a British flying boat patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Siddeley-Deasy Sinaia

The Siddeley Deasy Sinaia, also known as the Armstrong Whitworth Sinaia was a twin-engined biplane day bomber with gunners in rearwards extensions of the engine nacelles.

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Vickers

Vickers was a famous name in British engineering that existed through many companies from 1828 until 1999.

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Vickers S

The Vickers Class "S" was a 40 mm (1.57 in) cannon used to arm British aircraft for attacking ground targets in the Second World War.

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Vickers Type 161

The Vickers Type 161 was an unusual 1930s pusher biplane interceptor, designed to attack aircraft from below with a single upward-angle large calibre gun.

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Vickers Valentia

The Vickers Valentia was a 1920s British flying boat designed during the First World War.

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Westland C.O.W. Gun Fighter

The Westland C.O.W. Gun Fighter was an attempt to produce a fighter aircraft armed with a heavy calibre gun.

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Westland Westbury

The Westland Westbury was a British twin-engined fighter prototype of 1926.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COW_37_mm_gun

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